The children worked hard during June to ensure that their banner
would be ready to be carried into Durham for the Miners' Gala. Today
the were ready to reveal their work and the work of the artists at Bearpark
Artists Cooperative to the world. A ceremony was arranged to take place
at Parkside Infant School when the banner would be "unveiled". The new banner
is pictured below.

Saturday 10th July 2004
The carrying of the childrens' banner at Durham Miners Gala will be seen
by many of us as the focal point of this project.

We have created a gallery of photographs to record this event. The
children, with parents, teachers and supporters were up very early on Saturday
morning. They boarded a coach at Parkside shops and were transported
to Dawdon to the Dawdon Miners Welfare Hall. Here they were greeted
by Dawdon NUM officials and former miners nad their families. Together
, marching behind the Dawdon Lodge banner they paraded along Queen Alexandra
Road and Princess Road with their banners held high and to the sound of Scottish
Pipers. At the railway crossing on Princess Road they boarded their
coach once more and travelled to Durham to take part in the Miners Gala.
We have created a gallery of photographs of the entire event.